Has social media become a digital circus for wildlife?
Amateur MMA fighter Cole Johnson recently attracted attention after a PR stunt claiming he could defeat a chimpanzee. His announcement sparked a flurry of posts, with content creators debating whether he could win, photoshopped memes showing chimpanzees in boxing gear, and AI-generated posters promoting the…
Why you still need to 'Report It!'
Social media enables animal lovers to share their passion online, however the popularity of animal 'content' has also given rise to a dark side, in which domestic animals and wildlife are cruelly exploited for the sake of clicks. This cruelty may cynically seek to elicit outrage responses, or…
SMACC Global Summit united governments, organizations and professionals in a shared effort to end online animal cruelty.
Members of the Jane Goodall Institute Nepal and Global teams participated in the inaugural Social Media Animal Cruelty Global Summit (Bali, 11-12 June 2026). The summit, hosted by the Asia for Animals Coalition and Sintesia Animalia Indonesia, was…
Seeds of Hope at CITES CoP20
In this blog, JGI wildlife crime expert Dr Zara Bending shares some of her takeaways from CITES CoP20 (the 20th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which took place from November 24th – December 5th in Samarkand,…
Why we're asking you to 'Report It!'
Social media has enabled people to share about the things that matter to them and, with so many of us passionate about animals, it is wonderful to see a lot of animal content. However there is a darker side, in which both domestic animals and wildlife are being…
3 March 2025 marks United Nations World Wildlife Day, focusing on Wildlife Conservation Finance
The 3rd of March marks United Nations World Wildlife Day. The date commemorates the conclusion of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (‘CITES’) in 1973 – a crucial multilateral agreement for wildlife aiming…
As 2024 ends, we feature some recent highlights of the advocacy and achievements of JGI Global and our partners.
Our founder Dr. Jane Goodall celebrated her 90th birthday this year but that has not slowed her down. Going from classrooms to CoPs, embassies to Glastonbury, and opera houses to Houses of Parliament and beyond, she…
